Riak Install Memo (Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop 64bit)

install-riak

# First of all, we need enlarge the limit of file descripters.
# The following link will help:
# http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/ops/tuning/open-files-limit/

# Install erlang
$ sudo apt-get install erlang

# Download riak
$ mkdir -p ~/build
$ cd ~/build
$ wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.basho.com/riak/1.4/1.4.2/riak-1.4.2.tar.gz
$ tar xvpf riak-1.4.2.tar.gz

# Build riak
$ cd riak-1.4.2
$ make rel

# Check
$ cd rel/riak
$ bin/riak start
$ bin/riak-admin test